Compliance software · Netherlands

AVG (GDPR) and GRC compliance software for Dutch businesses

The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens is one of Europe's most active regulators, the Cyberbeveiligingswet brings NIS2 to thousands of Dutch firms, and tenders ask for ISO 27001, BIO or NEN 7510. AI Pazz Govnex keeps the registers, controls and evidence all of them need in one place.

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In short

Dutch organisations that process personal data must follow the GDPR (in Dutch, the AVG) and the UAVG implementing act, keep a processing register, and report a data breach (datalek) to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens within 72 hours. Many medium and large firms also fall under NIS2 through the Cyberbeveiligingswet. Govnex holds the GDPR as a ready-made control set.

Reviewed . A plain-language guide, not legal advice — check the regulator's site for the current position.

The laws and rules that apply in Netherlands

What each asks of a business, who it applies to, what happens if you fall short — and whether Govnex holds it as a ready-made control set.

AVG / GDPR

GDPR (AVG) and the UAVG

Ready-made in the Govnex Library
Regulator
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)
Who it applies to
Every organisation in the Netherlands that processes personal data.
If you fall short
Up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.
What it asks of you
  • A processing register (verwerkingsregister) and a lawful basis for each activity
  • A DPIA for the processing on the AP's list of high-risk operations
  • Report a data breach to the AP within 72 hours (meldplicht datalekken), and to affected people when the risk is high
  • A Data Protection Officer (functionaris gegevensbescherming) where the GDPR requires one

Source: autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl

NIS2 / Cbw

NIS2 through the Cyberbeveiligingswet (Cbw)

Track it with your own controls
Regulator
Sector supervisors, with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL)
Who it applies to
Medium and large essential and important entities in the sectors NIS2 lists.
If you fall short
Up to €10 million or 2% of worldwide turnover for essential entities.
What it asks of you
  • A duty of care (zorgplicht): cyber security risk management measures overseen by management
  • Report significant incidents: early warning within 24 hours, notification within 72 hours
  • Registration with the competent authority

Source: ncsc.nl

BIO and NEN 7510

Baseline Informatiebeveiliging Overheid (BIO) and NEN 7510

Track it with your own controls
Regulator
Government (BIO) and the healthcare sector (NEN 7510)
Who it applies to
Government bodies and their suppliers (BIO); healthcare organisations and their suppliers (NEN 7510). Both build on ISO 27001.
If you fall short
Contract and supervisory conditions rather than a penalty regime.
What it asks of you
  • An information security management system based on ISO 27001 and ISO 27002
  • Sector-specific measures for government or health information

Source: digitaleoverheid.nl

EU AI Act

EU Artificial Intelligence Act

Ready-made in the Govnex Library
Regulator
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens and other market surveillance authorities
Who it applies to
Providers and deployers of AI systems, with obligations phasing in from 2025.
If you fall short
Up to €35 million or 7% of worldwide turnover for prohibited practices.
What it asks of you
  • No prohibited practices, AI literacy, and risk management and oversight for high-risk systems

Source: EUR-Lex

Standards Netherlands buyers ask for

How AI Pazz Govnex helps in Netherlands

What you needHow Govnex does itModule
VerwerkingsregisterEvery processing activity with data, owners, lawful basis and recipients, and a checklist answered item by item.
Meldplicht datalekkenEach data breach an issue with an owner, a 72-hour deadline and the actions that close it.
AVG and ISO 27001 controlsAdopt the GDPR and ISO 27001 control sets, assign owners and collect evidence cycle by cycle.
NIS2 duty of careCyber risks in a register with treatments, owners and management sign-off.
Internal audit before certificationPlan and run internal audits with workpapers and findings.

Your first 90 days

  1. 1Build your verwerkingsregister and record a lawful basis for each activity.
  2. 2Adopt the GDPR and ISO 27001 control sets and assign owners.
  3. 3Check whether the Cyberbeveiligingswet applies to your sector and size.
  4. 4Put a datalek process in place and publish the policies staff acknowledge.
  5. 5Audit internally, close findings, and report to management.

Start with what applies to you

Adopt the control sets that fit, add your own for the rest, and give every control an owner. The first months are free.

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Compliance in Netherlands: questions and answers

What is the AVG?
The Dutch name for the GDPR — the Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming — supplemented in the Netherlands by the UAVG implementing act.
How quickly must a data breach be reported in the Netherlands?
Within 72 hours to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, and to the affected people without undue delay when the breach is likely to pose a high risk to them.
Does NIS2 apply to our company?
The Cyberbeveiligingswet brings NIS2 into Dutch law for medium and large entities in the sectors it lists. Check your sector and size; customers in those sectors may also ask you for its controls.
Can Govnex help with BIO or NEN 7510?
Both build on ISO 27001, which is a ready-made control set in Govnex — add the sector-specific measures as your own controls.
Can data stay in the EU?
Dedicated Hosting runs your own deployment with data and files stored in the Azure region you choose, including the Netherlands.
What else does Govnex include?
Policies, risk registers, issues, internal audits, regulatory change, a data register and ESG & EHS, for one organization with one set of people.

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  • A RoPA for each activity: its purpose, its owners, and the records it processes — what they hold read beside it
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  • The year's audits in one plan, approved by an audit lead — anything added afterwards is marked unplanned until the plan is approved again
  • A work programme generated from the controls you track for the standards in scope — with each control's latest recorded verdict and evidence beside the auditor's own conclusion, never written back
  • Findings written as condition, criteria, cause, effect and recommendation, rated on your own scale, with a link to the earlier finding they repeat
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